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NSLS-II Proposal Review Panel Guidelines

Qun ShenDeputy Director for Science (Interim)

Photon Sciences Directorate

NSLS-II PRP Meeting, February 4, 2014


8 NSLS-II Project BeamlinesInelastic X-ray Scattering (IXS)Hard X-ray Nanoprobe (HXN)Coherent Hard X-ray Scattering (CHX)Coherent Soft X-ray Scat & Pol (CSX1, CSX2)Sub-micron Res X-ray Spec (SRX)X-ray Powder Diffraction (XPD1, XPD2)6 NEXT Beamlines (DOE MIE)Photoemission-Microscopy Facility (ESM)Full-field X-ray Imaging (FXI)In-Situ & Resonant X-Ray Studies (ISR)Inner Shell Spectroscopy (ISS)Soft Inelastic X-ray Scattering (SIX)Soft Matter Interfaces (SMI)3 ABBIX Beamlines (NIH)Frontier Macromolecular Cryst (FMX)Flexible Access Macromolecular Cryst (AMX)X-ray Scattering for Biology (LIX)5 Partner BeamlinesSpectroscopy Soft and Tender (SST1, SST2)Beamline for Mater. Measurements (BMM)Microdiffraction Beamline (NYX)X-ray Footprinting (XFP)8 NxtGen BeamlinesComplex Materials Scattering (CMS)Magneto, Ellipso, High Pressure IR (MET/FIS)Metrology & Instrum Development (MID)In-situ X-ray Diffraction Studies (IXD)Materials Physics & Processing (MPP)Quick X-ray Absorption and Scattering (QAS)Tender X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy (TES)X-ray Fluorescence Microscopy (XFM)

MID

ESM

XFP

NSLS-II Beamline Portfolio30 Beamlines Under Development

Outline = ID

Solid = BM / 3PW / IR

• NSLS-II Project, NEXT, ABBIX, and Type-II Beamlines deliver world-leading capabilities• All together, ~ 60% of the straight sections will be built

out within first few years of NSLS-II operations

• NxtGen beamlines will balance the beamline portfolio with complementary, often high throughput, capabilities and add significant capacity

• NxtGen will build out ~ 33% of BM/3PW/IR ports

• Further development of the facility is required to realize the full scientific potential of NSLS-II• 19 additional beamline proposals are approved but

not yet funded)


NSLS-II Beamline Development Timeline• Through an open beamline development proposal process, we have

identified forty nine beamlines to be developed at NSLS-II in the near to medium term, and are currently developing thirty such beamlines through NSLS-II Project, NEXT, ABBIX, NxtGen, and Partner beamline projects

• These beamlines will be completed and start operations in the 2015-2017 timeframe

FY19

NEXT Beamlines

FY13 FY14 FY15 FY16 FY17 FY18

NSLS‐II Project Beamlines

NxtGen & Partner Beamlines

ABBIX Beamlines


NSLS-II User Access Policy Includes Policy on Partner Users

• Three modes of scientific user access: • General User (GU) access (min. 50%)• Partner User (PU) access (up to 40%)• Beamline staff access (10%)

• General User (GU) Proposal• Valid for up to 2 years• May request multi-cycle status• Include remote and mail-in access

• Partner User (PU) Proposal• Must indicate PU contributions to enhance capabilities or contribute to operations• PU proposal may request up to 40% of the available user beam time per run cycle• Valid for up to 3 years (up to 5 years in special cases)

• Examples of PU Contributions:• contributing a sophisticated endstation• contributing staff & equipment to provide user support for a given program• construction or operation of a beamline

Evaluation Criteria:• Scientific and/or technical innovation and

originality• Scientific, technical, and/or industrial

importance• Education and/or outreach importance• Capability of proposal group and quality of

past performance based on track record (e.g., publications, patents, …)

• Experimental plan and technical feasibility


NSLS-II Calls for 1st Experiments and Partner User Proposals


Phased Ramp-up of Science Capabilities for NSLS-II Project Beamlines

1st Experiments

General UsersPartner Users


First Experiments Proposals

• A strongly collaborative team of researchers covering all aspects of a well-planned SR experiment: scientific expertise and experimental methodology, novel specimens and sample environment, data analysis and theory support

• First Experiments Proposals Contents:• Basic Information (1-2 pages)

– Experiment Title– Names and Contact Information – Beamline where the proposed experiment will be performed

• Proposed Experiment and Impact (2-6 pages)– Description of the proposed experiment, including the

science case, materials specimen, type of experiment, experiment plan, data reduction and analysis, and expected outcome

– Potential issues and risks, including experiment safety, and mitigation plans• Experience and Expertise of the Research Team (1-2 pages)

– Brief description of team’s relevant prior experience, and key publications.


Partner User Proposals

• All proposed partnerships are reviewed for beamline feasibility by beamline staff, scientific and/or societal impact by a Proposal Review Panel, and programmatic compatibility by PS management. These reviews are aimed at ensuring the proposed partnership will enhance the scientific capabilities and the overall impact of NSLS-II beamlines

• Partner User Proposals Contents:A. Basic Information (1-2 pages):•Title of the Proposal; NSLS-II Beamline: Beamline or Acronym•Principal Investigator and Collaborators: Name, Affiliation, Address, Contact InformationB. Proposed Program and Impact (3-5 pages):•Description of the proposed program to be conducted at the specified beamline, how this program would be enhanced or enabled by the proposed contribution, and the scientific and/or societal impact of this program, including the benefits to stakeholders funding the program and to the general user programs overallC. Proposed Contributions and Partnership Terms(2-3 pages):•Detailed description of the proposed contribution and terms of the partnership that the proposal team intends to establish at NSLS-II. Contributions can include both instrumentation/facility to enhance beamline capabilities and staffing in support of beamline operations. For instrumentation/facility contributions, include an estimated replacement cost for the proposed hardware, how it is being funded, and the resources needed from NSLS-II to integrate the contributed hardware into the beamline. For staffing contributions, include a brief description of type of staffing (scientific, postdoc, or tech) on an annual basis and how to fund them •The proposed terms of the partnership should include, among other things, requested beam time (in percentage of available beam time at the beamline) that is required to achieve the program described in Section B, and how the team intends to share with NSLS-II the operating responsibilities at the beamline


Proposal Review Panel (PRP)Spectroscopy Scattering &

CoherenceInelastic

ExcitationsStructural Science

Nanoscale Studies

Spectral Microscopy

Structural Biology

McNulty Wang Durbin Chupas Larson Sutton WassermanDent D Shapiro Finkelstein Hemley Harder Finney FischettiRavel Landes S Shapiro Wilkinson Lai Heald Wiener

Toney Budai Paterson

• NSLS-II Proposal Review Panel consists of several (6-12) subpanels, each focusing on a specific research area

• Each subpanel is composed of a number of scientific peers, mostly from outside Photon Sciences (PS), with a range of balanced expertise and experience in the specific field of research

• One member of each subpanel is appointed by PS as the Subpanel Chair • The membership for each subpanel may change from run-cycle to run-

cycle depending on the number of proposals received in a given field


• Each proposal is rated by PRP on scale of 1 (highest) to 5 (lowest) • It is expected that each proposal is evaluated by at least two

reviewers assigned by sub-panel chair • Reviewers are expected to read and evaluate the assigned proposals

before the review meeting; • Goal is for each subpanel to arrive at a consensus rating and produce a

brief report (a few sentences or a couple of paragraphs) for each proposal at the end of the review meeting

•Review Meeting format:• Joint session where PS management will brief the PRP about NSLS-II• Subpanel parallel sessions; Chair may request add’l review by another

subpanel for some proposal if needed• Brief closeout session about procedures and any issues; No public

disclosure of actual ratings as we want to keep the reviews anonymous

Proposal Review Guidelines


• For first expt. proposals, the total number of days required to accomplish the proposed experiment should be suggested. (Any additional comments regarding optimal beam time schedules/increments are also welcome).

• For PU proposals, a careful assessment of the impact of the contribution made by the PUP to the General User program, both positive and negative, is needed as well as an assessment of the beam time required to accomplish the goals of the partnership.

Additional Guidelines


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